<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><i class="">Various releases below…</i></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2025/03/trump-s-chaotic-approach-canada-mexico-tariffs-will-hurt-american-workers" class="">https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2025/03/trump-s-chaotic-approach-canada-mexico-tariffs-will-hurt-american-workers</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><h1 class="page-header">Trump’s Chaotic Approach to Canada, Mexico Tariffs Will Hurt American Workers and Manufacturers
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<div class="field--label-hidden field--item field--type-string field field--name-field-sub-title">Responsible trade policy requires innovative investments in critical domestic manufacturing sectors</div>
<div class="field--label-hidden field--name-field-published-date field--item field--type-datetime field"><time datetime="2025-03-03T18:02:22Z" class="">March 3, 2025</time></div><div class="field--label-above field--name-field-contact field field--type-text-long">
<div class="field--item"><p dir="ltr" class=""><strong class="">Contact: </strong>Ginny Roscamp, Deputy Press Secretary, Sierra Club, <a href="mailto:ginny.roscamp@sierraclub.org" class="">ginny.roscamp@sierraclub.org</a></p></div>
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<div class="field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item field field--name-body"><p dir="ltr" class="">WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. President Donald Trump’s additional <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-imposes-tariffs-on-imports-from-canada-mexico-and-china/" class="">25% tariffs</a>
on American importers of products from Canada and Mexico (except
Canadian energy products, which will face a 10% tariff), are slated to
go into effect tomorrow, Tuesday, March 4. The tariffs, first introduced
in early February, were paused for a month as the countries attempt to
address Trump’s concerns on border security and fentanyl (which are
unrelated to tariffs). </p><p dir="ltr" class="">An additional 10%
tariff on American importers of products from China is already in
effect. Other tariffs expected in the coming weeks include an
additional <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-restores-section-232-tariffs/" class="">25% tariff</a> on all steel and aluminum imports to the U.S., and <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-announces-fair-and-reciprocal-plan-on-trade/" class="">reciprocal tariffs</a>
against importers of products from several other countries including
the EU, India, and China. President Trump also said in February he
would <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/19/trump-suggests-25percent-tariffs-on-autos-pharma-and-semiconductors-that-could-go-even-higher.html" class="">consider tariffs</a> on other imports including cars, pharmaceuticals and semiconductors.</p><p dir="ltr" class=""><strong class="">In response, Ben Jealous, Executive Director at the Sierra Club, issued the following statement:</strong></p><p dir="ltr" class=""><em class="">“President
Trump’s belief that tariffs alone will help revitalize American
manufacturing is simply not rooted in basic economics. What’s more, his
chaotic approach to tariffs, wielding them for objectives like border
security or to encroach on Canadian sovereignty, undermines their
legitimate use as a tool for responsible trade policy. </em></p><p dir="ltr" class=""><em class="">A
strategic approach to using tariffs to reinvigorate U.S. industry would
include strong domestic investments in manufacturing and the clean
energy economy, ensuring trade partners abide by the same high
environmental and labor standards as American companies, and plans to
continue sourcing critical materials that we don’t make enough of, like
aluminum for cars and solar panels, from our closest allies.”</em></p><p dir="ltr" class=""><strong class="">BACKGROUND</strong></p><p dir="ltr" class="">In February, Sierra Club sent a <a href="https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/2025-02/sierra-club-letter-trump-steel.pdf" class="">letter</a>
to President Trump calling for the steel tariff to be coupled with an
innovation agenda for the U.S. steel industry that includes domestic
investments, research and development, tariffs on foreign pollution, and
markets for clean American steel.</p><p dir="ltr" class="">The
Sierra Club’s Industrial Transformation campaign works on new approaches
to industrial policy that replaces handouts for corporate polluters
with protections for people and the planet through comprehensive
solutions that create good-paying, clean manufacturing jobs, cut
industrial pollution, and build climate resilience for those hardest hit
by the fossil fuel economy. Learn more at <a href="https://www.sierraclub.org/industrial-transformation" class="">https://www.sierraclub.org/industrial-transformation</a>. </p><p dir="ltr" class="">Read more from the Sierra Club: <a href="https://www.sierraclub.org/articles/2025/02/trump-s-tariffs-will-harm-working-families-without-innovative-strategies-revive" class="">Trump’s Tariffs Will Harm Working Families Without Innovative Strategies To Revive American Manufacturing</a></p></div>
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<div class="field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item field field--name-field-about-organization"><p style="line-height: 22.5px;" class=""><strong class="">About the Sierra Club</strong></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px;" class="">The Sierra Club is America’s largest and
most influential grassroots environmental organization, with millions
of members and supporters. In addition to protecting every person's
right to get outdoors and access the healing power of nature, the Sierra
Club works to promote clean energy, safeguard the health of our
communities, protect wildlife, and preserve our remaining wild places
through grassroots activism, public education, lobbying, and legal
action. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/" target="_blank" title="www.sierraclub.org" class="">www.sierraclub.org</a>.</p></div></article></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">========</div><div class="">========</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">For Immediate Release: March 3, 2025 </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Press Contact: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Jimmy Wyderko, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><a href="mailto:jwyderko@economicliberties.us" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: blue;" class="">jwyderko@economicliberties.us</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Tariffs Won’t Stop Fentanyl Smuggling, So What Is the Real Goal with New China, Mexico and Canada Tariffs? </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 6pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Washington, D.C. — <i class="">In response to President Trump’s Monday statement that he will impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico and raise China tariffs to 20% and the White House’s Sunday night reversal of his February 1 Executive Order so as to again allow de minimis import shipments from Mexico and Canada to evade inspection and U.S. tariffs, Lori Wallach, Director of Rethink Trade, said</i>:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">“Tariffs are helpful when they stop unfair trade that could hurt U.S. producers and workers but instead t</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">his move is somehow supposed to stop fentanyl from Mexico, Canada and China even though obviously t<span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">ariffs don’t affect smuggled stuff.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""><br class="">T</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">o stop fentanyl, President Trump must end the <i class="">de minimis</i> trade loophole facilitating a daily deluge of four million uninspected packages that can hide fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills and precursor chemicals shipped nationwide. Instead, Trump reversed initial steps to end this scam after meeting with the CEO of Fed Ex, which profits from <i class="">de minimis</i> shipments, and yesterday reinstated access for even more uninspected packages, which also dodge tariffs. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">A smart use of </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">tariffs is <span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">to bolster U.S manufacturing capacity and workers by </span>stopping unfair imports from countries <span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">like China and Vietnam</span>that use Beggar-Thy-Neighbor <span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">currency manipulation, mass subsidies and wage suppression to fuel large, chronic global trade surpluses. </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">While raising tariffs on China make</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">s<span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""> sense, Trump’s failure to close the <i class="">de minimis</i> loophole means many imports from China will entirely evade his new China tariffs as well as those he imposed in 2018.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">Trump’s obsession with Canada</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">,<span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""> with which we have balanced trade</span>,<span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""> is bizarre and damaging. And, t</span>o <span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">address our large and growing bilateral trade deficit with Mexico and continuing job offshoring</span>, the president should speed up the mandatory six-year review and <span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">renegotiate the NAFTA 2.0 deal he enacted in 2020 that has not delivered the benefits</span> he promised<span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Background:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><a href="https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https:/www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-meet-with-us-steel-fedex-ceos-abc-news-reports-2025-02-06/___.YzJ1OmFlbHBlY29ub21pY2xpYmVydGllczpjOm86YmM1NjViYTg4MGViOGEzMGQxOGE5ZmEyZjA0OWQ3NzE6Nzo2ZTY4OjFhMjRjMzUwMjk4YmM3MTdlYjE4YzBmZjUzY2YyZDE4YTRhMDMwNDMyYTA1OGI3YzYxNGIwMGU2ZDczNGNhMTk6aDpGOkY" title="Protected by Check Point: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-meet-with-us-steel-fedex-ceos-abc-news-reports-2025-02-06/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https:/www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-meet-with-us-steel-fedex-ceos-abc-news-reports-2025-02-06/___.YzJ1OmFlbHBlY29ub21pY2xpYmVydGllczpjOm86YmM1NjViYTg4MGViOGEzMGQxOGE5ZmEyZjA0OWQ3NzE6Nzo2ZTY4OjFhMjRjMzUwMjk4YmM3MTdlYjE4YzBmZjUzY2YyZDE4YTRhMDMwNDMyYTA1OGI3YzYxNGIwMGU2ZDczNGNhMTk6aDpGOkY&source=gmail&ust=1741193596322000&usg=AOvVaw2fBfnhGC4irNNfMYsU6Q06" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: blue;" class="">After meeting in the White House with the CEO of FedEx</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">, an </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><a href="https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https:/www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/business/tariffs-de-minimis-trump-china.html___.YzJ1OmFlbHBlY29ub21pY2xpYmVydGllczpjOm86YmM1NjViYTg4MGViOGEzMGQxOGE5ZmEyZjA0OWQ3NzE6NzpmMmIzOjMwNmI2OWQ0ZDZiMTc2Mjc2ZjJmODQxMTZhMDk5NjgwOTdhNGVkOTM1NWZkOWExNDEzYTMzOWI4ZTk2ZWUzOTA6aDpGOkY" title="Protected by Check Point: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/business/tariffs-de-minimis-trump-china.html" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https:/www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/business/tariffs-de-minimis-trump-china.html___.YzJ1OmFlbHBlY29ub21pY2xpYmVydGllczpjOm86YmM1NjViYTg4MGViOGEzMGQxOGE5ZmEyZjA0OWQ3NzE6NzpmMmIzOjMwNmI2OWQ0ZDZiMTc2Mjc2ZjJmODQxMTZhMDk5NjgwOTdhNGVkOTM1NWZkOWExNDEzYTMzOWI4ZTk2ZWUzOTA6aDpGOkY&source=gmail&ust=1741193596322000&usg=AOvVaw13zA2A99esYaNHG5y_szHp" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: blue;" class="">express shipper opposed to tighter Customs rules on China</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> trade, on February 6 President Trump suspended the provision of his February 1 China tariff executive order closing the <i class="">de minimis</i> loophole. Late Sunday night March 2, the White House amended the February 1 EOs covering Canada and Mexico to also reverse the end of <i class="">the de minimis</i> loophole. The reopening of the <i class="">de minimis</i> loophole for imports from China, Mexico and Canada to enter the United States duty-free and inspection-free from earlier this month is an open door for fentanyl smugglers.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">De minimis</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> is the trade loophole that Shein, Temu, Amazon, and other e-commerce giants </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><a href="https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https:/www.cnbc.com/2024/09/13/de-minimis-shein-temu-biden-china-rules.html?ref=compactmag.com___.YzJ1OmFlbHBlY29ub21pY2xpYmVydGllczpjOm86YmM1NjViYTg4MGViOGEzMGQxOGE5ZmEyZjA0OWQ3NzE6NzphMGU5OjU5MGNlY2NhMGUwZTM0Y2Q1MmU5NmJkNGFmMzU1MjVhMzY1NGE2NmE2MTdhMTVmNTkyNmMwMWQ3YjY0OGJmMzg6aDpGOkY" title="Protected by Check Point: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/13/de-minimis-shein-temu-biden-china-rules.html?ref=compactmag.com" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https:/www.cnbc.com/2024/09/13/de-minimis-shein-temu-biden-china-rules.html?ref%3Dcompactmag.com___.YzJ1OmFlbHBlY29ub21pY2xpYmVydGllczpjOm86YmM1NjViYTg4MGViOGEzMGQxOGE5ZmEyZjA0OWQ3NzE6NzphMGU5OjU5MGNlY2NhMGUwZTM0Y2Q1MmU5NmJkNGFmMzU1MjVhMzY1NGE2NmE2MTdhMTVmNTkyNmMwMWQ3YjY0OGJmMzg6aDpGOkY&source=gmail&ust=1741193596322000&usg=AOvVaw1mzpvQh_3U_zHEjyZGickN" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: blue;" class="">exploit</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> to evade tariffs, taxes, normal customs requirements and inspection when they ship directly from China to US consumers. The </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><a href="https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https:/www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-proposes-new-rule-strengthen-enforcement-and-limit-duty?ref=compactmag.com%23:~:text=Over%20the%20last%2010%20years,a%20year%20by%20FY%202023.___.YzJ1OmFlbHBlY29ub21pY2xpYmVydGllczpjOm86YmM1NjViYTg4MGViOGEzMGQxOGE5ZmEyZjA0OWQ3NzE6Nzo4NGUxOmI4YWRmMzZhMjZiZWZkZjljODI3M2ZhODA0ZjEwNjYwYTM0NjQ5NGZmMTU2NTg2ZDliMzM0YmU0ODIyMzJjODY6aDpGOkY" title="Protected by Check Point: https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-proposes-new-rule-strengthen-enforcement-and-limit-duty?ref=compactmag.com#:~:text=Over%20the%20last%2010%20years,a%20year%20by%20FY%202023." target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https:/www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-proposes-new-rule-strengthen-enforcement-and-limit-duty?ref%3Dcompactmag.com%2523:~:text%3DOver%2520the%2520last%252010%2520years,a%2520year%2520by%2520FY%25202023.___.YzJ1OmFlbHBlY29ub21pY2xpYmVydGllczpjOm86YmM1NjViYTg4MGViOGEzMGQxOGE5ZmEyZjA0OWQ3NzE6Nzo4NGUxOmI4YWRmMzZhMjZiZWZkZjljODI3M2ZhODA0ZjEwNjYwYTM0NjQ5NGZmMTU2NTg2ZDliMzM0YmU0ODIyMzJjODY6aDpGOkY&source=gmail&ust=1741193596322000&usg=AOvVaw2_wy_80Zr0IaUm0IR6RpDr" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: blue;" class="">total number</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> of <i class="">de minimis</i> shipments was more than one billion in 2024, up from 139 million in 2015. Groups representing law-enforcement and families who lost loved ones to fentanyl have </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><a href="https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https:/www.closedeminimis.com/letters/letter-to-president-trump?ref=compactmag.com___.YzJ1OmFlbHBlY29ub21pY2xpYmVydGllczpjOm86YmM1NjViYTg4MGViOGEzMGQxOGE5ZmEyZjA0OWQ3NzE6Nzo2YmY3OmEzZjVmNDhkNGRmYzdiZTExN2M0OGM2ZTE3ZjZmN2RjY2Y2MzE2MWVlMzA2MjI2ZTNiZDc1MjA2YzRmNGQ5NjM6aDpGOkY" title="Protected by Check Point: https://www.closedeminimis.com/letters/letter-to-president-trump?ref=compactmag.com" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https:/www.closedeminimis.com/letters/letter-to-president-trump?ref%3Dcompactmag.com___.YzJ1OmFlbHBlY29ub21pY2xpYmVydGllczpjOm86YmM1NjViYTg4MGViOGEzMGQxOGE5ZmEyZjA0OWQ3NzE6Nzo2YmY3OmEzZjVmNDhkNGRmYzdiZTExN2M0OGM2ZTE3ZjZmN2RjY2Y2MzE2MWVlMzA2MjI2ZTNiZDc1MjA2YzRmNGQ5NjM6aDpGOkY&source=gmail&ust=1741193596322000&usg=AOvVaw3MN70ZKHpZiJjVJ0WjCgnG" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: blue;" class="">asked Trump</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> to end de minimis with respect to all countries and to require Formal Entry for low-value commercial imports, so that such goods are once again imported through containerized shipping with full Customs forms and the professional oversight of a Customs Broker, so goods are properly documented and inspected. The Trump administration has </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><a href="https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https:/rethinktrade.org/reports/memo-potus-has-authority-to-fix-the-de-minimis-trade-loophole-now-facilitating-entry-of-deadly-fentanyl-from-china-and-a-flood-of-unfair-imports-that-crush-domestic-firms/?ref=compactmag.com___.YzJ1OmFlbHBlY29ub21pY2xpYmVydGllczpjOm86YmM1NjViYTg4MGViOGEzMGQxOGE5ZmEyZjA0OWQ3NzE6NzowMzJiOjQ0Njk3NGI2ZWMwZjE3MWJhNzZkNWQyZDFkOTI5NzEyZWFhMjVkNzhiMjliNjgyOWUyNjIyMDc0ZWY1Zjg0NjU6aDpGOkY" title="Protected by Check Point: https://rethinktrade.org/reports/memo-potus-has-authority-to-fix-the-de-minimis-trade-loophole-now-facilitating-entry-of-deadly-fentanyl-from-china-and-a-flood-of-unfair-imports-that-crush-domestic-firms/?ref=compactmag.com" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https:/rethinktrade.org/reports/memo-potus-has-authority-to-fix-the-de-minimis-trade-loophole-now-facilitating-entry-of-deadly-fentanyl-from-china-and-a-flood-of-unfair-imports-that-crush-domestic-firms/?ref%3Dcompactmag.com___.YzJ1OmFlbHBlY29ub21pY2xpYmVydGllczpjOm86YmM1NjViYTg4MGViOGEzMGQxOGE5ZmEyZjA0OWQ3NzE6NzowMzJiOjQ0Njk3NGI2ZWMwZjE3MWJhNzZkNWQyZDFkOTI5NzEyZWFhMjVkNzhiMjliNjgyOWUyNjIyMDc0ZWY1Zjg0NjU6aDpGOkY&source=gmail&ust=1741193596322000&usg=AOvVaw2C2ocKGfz2OmMD6ZXEUfVS" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: blue;" class="">ample authority</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> to do so right now.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Learn more about Rethink Trade </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><a href="https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https:/link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=u001.xxiyZ8jYR2PzzP3T-2B7xfRe69dKmkflcno5GGwYjoeaNQDGHKSuxyEInU5FTnqugp2xbF_oM7GKyPgU6VXhmS-2BmIhmKvQCQuZs8aRfSyghYq8AWldu-2FXcyce3RbPHGpNa-2BGY0qzWnY0eSjL0GO9UyxVT4W2EnK53fa7RMJpaxShI-2B66uv8g70OlcJ36NWz3TfQ30H3hEfjX4PlB3-2BKJaLbZsvyh3TmU2vOae5N0oKQnuGP8-2Fao6hplUEf87bN-2FBi4AFijIEsa2S2MiktQLUeQjtuW1xNOdRaj71qIkHlI1OoBehSEpvE-2BenNh3ViYzic6esFUDg7s4GK8b0emaSEx6OFbT1aUpvE8FycqHsYwv-2F6OqbB3zAej3myOIVCpcEuj3b2fk04Sfp8zKPejZcJnz2z0ZhJH9ILmYCMSpwNQpcuZEpzrPKSpTlEuzqXAMJLT6o7l5___.YzJ1OmFlbHBlY29ub21pY2xpYmVydGllczpjOm86YmM1NjViYTg4MGViOGEzMGQxOGE5ZmEyZjA0OWQ3NzE6Nzo4OTY5OmMyYzI3YWNiZTM5NzY4N2U2MzljN2QwMWI3Zjk0ODRkNDUxN2FkOTZjY2QwMWIxODU0NDgxY2E0MTk5NmFiOGM6aDpGOkY" title="Protected by Check Point: https://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=u001.xxiyZ8jYR2PzzP3T-2B7xfRe69dKmkflcno5GGwYjoeaNQDGHKSuxyEInU5FTnqugp2xbF_oM7GKyPgU6VXhmS-2BmIhmKvQCQuZs8aRfSyghYq8AWldu-2FXcyce3RbPHGpNa-2BGY0qzWnY0eSjL0GO9UyxVT4W2EnK53fa7" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https:/link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn%3Du001.xxiyZ8jYR2PzzP3T-2B7xfRe69dKmkflcno5GGwYjoeaNQDGHKSuxyEInU5FTnqugp2xbF_oM7GKyPgU6VXhmS-2BmIhmKvQCQuZs8aRfSyghYq8AWldu-2FXcyce3RbPHGpNa-2BGY0qzWnY0eSjL0GO9UyxVT4W2EnK53fa7RMJpaxShI-2B66uv8g70OlcJ36NWz3TfQ30H3hEfjX4PlB3-2BKJaLbZsvyh3TmU2vOae5N0oKQnuGP8-2Fao6hplUEf87bN-2FBi4AFijIEsa2S2MiktQLUeQjtuW1xNOdRaj71qIkHlI1OoBehSEpvE-2BenNh3ViYzic6esFUDg7s4GK8b0emaSEx6OFbT1aUpvE8FycqHsYwv-2F6OqbB3zAej3myOIVCpcEuj3b2fk04Sfp8zKPejZcJnz2z0ZhJH9ILmYCMSpwNQpcuZEpzrPKSpTlEuzqXAMJLT6o7l5___.YzJ1OmFlbHBlY29ub21pY2xpYmVydGllczpjOm86YmM1NjViYTg4MGViOGEzMGQxOGE5ZmEyZjA0OWQ3NzE6Nzo4OTY5OmMyYzI3YWNiZTM5NzY4N2U2MzljN2QwMWI3Zjk0ODRkNDUxN2FkOTZjY2QwMWIxODU0NDgxY2E0MTk5NmFiOGM6aDpGOkY&source=gmail&ust=1741193596322000&usg=AOvVaw3tsj-abLekYk9rwkMQFuS0" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: blue;" class="">here</span></b></a></span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Learn more about Economic Liberties</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><a href="https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https:/link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=u001.xxiyZ8jYR2PzzP3T-2B7xfRVLHe93UVOwKMzRV3WRLVi3QD02k6Zacsjc493Egkk1tv2YA_oM7GKyPgU6VXhmS-2BmIhmKvQCQuZs8aRfSyghYq8AWldu-2FXcyce3RbPHGpNa-2BGY0qzWnY0eSjL0GO9UyxVT4W2EnK53fa7RMJpaxShI-2B66uv8g70OlcJ36NWz3TfQ30H3hEfjX4PlB3-2BKJaLbZsvyh3TmU2vOae5N0oKQnuGP8-2Fao6hplUEf87bN-2FBi4AFijIEsa2S2MiktQLUeQjtuW1xNOdRaj71qIkHlI1OoBehSFaYfFlAapcknl2Nk1IcS2WvMjhLPB5uYPpEltvfU7-2Bn87mY1ycBLUtUzGu2CuNoJuE5KRwDfNYW95gQNPMev-2F3T2viSrgQiKAEAOjMdSDOIHnZ7MGBLVtOrcUeZBuPXsL-2F-2FDra1LzaOboU-2Bzeq7XjT___.YzJ1OmFlbHBlY29ub21pY2xpYmVydGllczpjOm86YmM1NjViYTg4MGViOGEzMGQxOGE5ZmEyZjA0OWQ3NzE6NzozNTQ3OmE1NzdlODQ4OTU2YTg2MjgxMTllMmNkODVjNWFlMTJlOGFiMWVlZDIzNzFlMjcwZjRkNmFlM2I4OTY3ZjY3M2Y6aDpGOkY" title="Protected by Check Point: https://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=u001.xxiyZ8jYR2PzzP3T-2B7xfRVLHe93UVOwKMzRV3WRLVi3QD02k6Zacsjc493Egkk1tv2YA_oM7GKyPgU6VXhmS-2BmIhmKvQCQuZs8aRfSyghYq8AWldu-2FXcyce3RbPHGpNa-2BGY0qzWnY0eSjL0GO9UyxVT4W2EnK53fa7" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https:/link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn%3Du001.xxiyZ8jYR2PzzP3T-2B7xfRVLHe93UVOwKMzRV3WRLVi3QD02k6Zacsjc493Egkk1tv2YA_oM7GKyPgU6VXhmS-2BmIhmKvQCQuZs8aRfSyghYq8AWldu-2FXcyce3RbPHGpNa-2BGY0qzWnY0eSjL0GO9UyxVT4W2EnK53fa7RMJpaxShI-2B66uv8g70OlcJ36NWz3TfQ30H3hEfjX4PlB3-2BKJaLbZsvyh3TmU2vOae5N0oKQnuGP8-2Fao6hplUEf87bN-2FBi4AFijIEsa2S2MiktQLUeQjtuW1xNOdRaj71qIkHlI1OoBehSFaYfFlAapcknl2Nk1IcS2WvMjhLPB5uYPpEltvfU7-2Bn87mY1ycBLUtUzGu2CuNoJuE5KRwDfNYW95gQNPMev-2F3T2viSrgQiKAEAOjMdSDOIHnZ7MGBLVtOrcUeZBuPXsL-2F-2FDra1LzaOboU-2Bzeq7XjT___.YzJ1OmFlbHBlY29ub21pY2xpYmVydGllczpjOm86YmM1NjViYTg4MGViOGEzMGQxOGE5ZmEyZjA0OWQ3NzE6NzozNTQ3OmE1NzdlODQ4OTU2YTg2MjgxMTllMmNkODVjNWFlMTJlOGFiMWVlZDIzNzFlMjcwZjRkNmFlM2I4OTY3ZjY3M2Y6aDpGOkY&source=gmail&ust=1741193596322000&usg=AOvVaw1xMlaPuDWbiytfEGQhuIwM" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: blue;" class=""> here</span></b></a></span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">###</span></b></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">========</div><div class="">========</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://nfu.org/2025/03/04/american-farmers-and-ranchers-bear-the-brunt-of-tariffs/" class="">https://nfu.org/2025/03/04/american-farmers-and-ranchers-bear-the-brunt-of-tariffs/</a></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(25, 25, 25); color: rgb(25, 25, 25); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 1.7em; text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(25, 25, 25); color: rgb(25, 25, 25); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 1.7em; text-align: center;" class="">American Farmers and Ranchers Bear the Brunt of Tariffs</span></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(25, 25, 25); font-family: inherit; text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(13, 77, 45);" class="">March 4, 2025 </span><a href="https://nfu.org/topics/press-releases/" title="View all posts in Press Releases" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="5c0e74d766bba40d17f8220a" style="caret-color: rgb(25, 25, 25); font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; font-style: inherit; text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(13, 77, 45); text-decoration: none; display: inline-block;" class="">Press Releases</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">WASHINGTON – </strong><span data-contrast="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">National Farmers Union President Rob Larew commented today on the President’s decision to implement tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> </span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px;" class=""><span data-contrast="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">“The tariffs announced today, along with retaliatory measures from China and Canada, will have serious consequences for American agriculture. Our farmers are the backbone of this country, and they need strong, fair trade policies that ensure they can compete on a level playing field—not be caught in the middle of international disputes.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> </span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px;" class=""><span data-contrast="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">“We are already facing significant economic uncertainty, and these actions only add to the strain. Trade policies must come with real, tangible protections for the farmers directly affected. We’ve heard there’s a strategy in place—now we need to see it. Promises alone won’t pay the bills or keep farms afloat.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> </span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px;" class=""><span data-contrast="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">“Without a clear plan, family farmers will once again be left to bear the burden of decisions beyond their control, and eventually, so will consumers. We urge the administration to work with our trading partners to prevent further harm to rural communities.”</span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">========</div><div class="">========</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.iatp.org/trumps-tariff-fight-hits-farmers" class="">https://www.iatp.org/trumps-tariff-fight-hits-farmers</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; line-height: 1.125em; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; font-size: 48px; font-feature-settings: "onum" 0, "pnum" 0, "lnum", "tnum", "salt", "liga" 0; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">Trump’s tariff fight hits farmers and rural communities</h2><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><div class="field--label-hidden field--name-node-post-date field--type-ds field--item field" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 21px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.2em; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: acumin-pro, sans-serif;">Mar 4, 2025</div><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; font-size: 24px; font-feature-settings: "onum" 0, "pnum" 0, "lnum", "tnum", "salt", "liga" 0; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">A Tariff-only strategy threatens to increase costs, send prices down for farmers</h3><div class="field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item field field--name-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 20px 0px; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: acumin-pro, sans-serif; font-size: 21px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">President Donald Trump launched a tariff fight with major U.S. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-643086a6dc7ff716d876b3c83e3255b0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(11, 77, 172); text-decoration: none;" class="">trading partners today</a> by implementing 25% blanket tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and doubling tariffs on Chinese imports to 20%. These actions not only harm international relationships, markets and consumers, but also are wreaking havoc on farmers and the U.S. agricultural economy. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">“Once again, farmers are caught in the crossfire of Trump’s reckless use of tariffs. Predictably, there are already signs of retaliation, with China and Canada raising tariffs on U.S. farm goods. Other measures from Mexico will no doubt follow. The last time this happened, the Trump administration paid out a record $28 billion in compensation to farmers for lost income. While the payouts slowed the bleeding, the long-term harm to relations with key trading partners continues. We need to be working with our trading partners, not against them,” said Karen Hansen-Kuhn, IATP’s Director of Trade and International Strategies.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">“There is no doubt that U.S. trade and farm policy needs to be fixed, but this kind of blanket tariff is not the way to do it. Farmers have made their upfront investments for the year as they head into planting season with enormous market uncertainty. Already low prices and higher costs are likely to be made worse by a tariff war. Tariffs alone are not an economic strategy, nor are they a plan to revitalize rural economies,” said Ben Lilliston, IATP’s Director of Climate and Rural Strategies.</p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;" class="">IATP published an article in January that <a href="https://www.iatp.org/trade-basics-tariffs-101" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(11, 77, 172); text-decoration: none;" class="">explains what tariffs are, who pays them and how they normally operate</a>.</div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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